Shade-roller gage



(Model.)

' B. R. HAMILTON.

SHADE ROLLER GAGE. 190.269,499. Patented Dec. 19, 1882'.

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BENJAMIN R, HAMILTON, OF LlNGOLN, ILLINOIS."

SHADE-ROLLER GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of -Letters Patent No. 269,499, dated December 19, 1882.

Application filed August 21, 1882. (Model.)

Shade-Roller Fitter7 and which maybe used for any similar purpose, which improvement is fully set forth in the following` specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a front and top view of the invention with the roller in position, the ends thereof being inserted into brackets. Fig. 2 represents a side view, showing the brackets elevated above the frame-work withont the roller. Fig. 3 shows a sectional view of the platform as it' cut longitudinally through the center and other portions of the device hereinafter explained.

The device may he constructed of any desired dimensions; but for ordinary use, from four and one-half to five feet long, four to five inches wide, and two and one-halt' to three inches high, and may be supplied with as many pairs of sliding` pieces, to which brackets are to be attached, as may be desired, to handle different styles ot' rollers.

Letter A, Fig. l, represents the platform or hase ot' the device, made of suitable material, upon each side ot' which is a groove. To the front side ofthe platform is attached, by means of hinges, a strip'of the same length, (see letter B,) which I call a measuring-strip, having catches to hold and retain it in proper position when folded down. 0n the measuringstrip B are two scales divided int-o inches and parts of inchesone on the top of the strip inwardly and on the beveled edge thereof, as shown in Fig. 1, the other on the front edge, as shown in Fig. 2. 0n the endv of the platform A is attached a stop-spring, D, made of elastic metal or other material. (Shown in Figs. l and 3.)

In Figs.,1 and 3, letters C and C represent small sliding pieces, on which to attach brack- `ets,the edges tting and sliding in the grooves out or left on each side of platform A, and to these sliding pieces C C are attached brackets for whatever character of roller may be used. In each of the grooves before described is a shoulder, (shown in front of the-slide-piece, letter C, but not.lettered,) the object ot' which is, in conjunction with the stop-spring D, to hold the slide-piece C, Fig. 3, and the bracket thereto attached in permanent position.

Letter E in Fig. l represents a roller; F and F', each a roller end-F' permanently at tached to onel end ot' and constituting part of the roller. The other roller end, F, is detached until the length ofthe roller is ascertained and cut to that length, when the said end F is attached thereto.

The brackets are shown in each of the drawings, but are not numbered or lettered.

Having described the parts of my invention in detail, the manner of its use is as follows: Place the fitter on a bench or counter, with the measuring-strip B next the operator. Set the brackets, by the use of the beveled scale on strip B, the number of inches apart from outside to outside that it is designed they shall oe- .cupy when attached to the wiudow-casings.

Place the right-hand end, F', of the roller E into its stationary bracket, holding it squarely, and with a pencil or pointed instrument mark the roller for cutting it the length desired. It' the roller end F should be constructed ofmetal, hold it squarely in the bracket, and mark by passing the roller up and down against its edge, Saw off the roller square and nail the end F to the end ofthe roller. If a spring or balance roller, place it in the fitter, turn up the measuring-strip B, the top being shown by horizontal dotted lines in Fig. 2, and with apencil center the roller on the line, the roller being already out and iinished. For the purpose of finding the center of roller E put it in position in the brackets, with the roller end attached, turn up the measuring-strip B to the point shown by dotted line in Fig. 2. Ascertain and mark the center by means of Ineasuring-scale on the edge of strip B. It' necessary, the roller may be lined horizontally while in this position. llhe roller now being ready for the shade to be tacked thereto, trim the shade and center it. If necessary, remove the left-hand bracket, C', from the litter, lay the end of the shade in the platform A, layf the roller on it,and tack it by line and center.

For tacking shades to cord-rollers this device is particularly convenient, by laying the roller into the fitter, the cord or right-hand end to the left.

What Iclaiin as new, and desire to secure by 5 Letters Patent. is-

rlhe platform with its groovesone on each side of platform A-and shoulders therein, and the stop-spring; l), the measuring-strip B, adjustable by the hinges thereto attached, the

1o measuring-scales upon scid measuring-strip,

new. n. HAMILTON.

Witnesses:

(11T. BEACH, JOSEPH HODNETT. 

